Despite what the Nano can do to the country's automobile market, its ability to transform Tata Motors' financials will be limited, says Shyamal Majumdar.
India Inc is paying the price for not noticing the slow change in the economic climate - just like the frog that boiled over.
Will your employees go to any length to help your business achieve its goals, asks Shyamal Majumdar?
If performance-linked pay structures are not thought through carefully, they can backfire quite quickly, says Shyamal Majumdar.
While outplacement is a relatively new concept in India, it helps boost morale at the time of layoffs.
The Hinduja Group chairman, who was in Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum, however, noted that the incident might not have much impact on the reputation of India Inc in the eyes of foreigners, who are more used to such scams. Raju's confession not only shocked India Inc, but investors all over the world. Such type of wrongdoings are more prevalent in the western world and foreigners are used to this kind of happenings, Hinduja said.
India has exuded optimism that it would continue to maintain economic growth rate of 7-7.5 per cent next fiscal, the same level it is expected to register in the current fiscal, even as its neighbour China termed its lower growth projection of 8 per cent in 2009 as a tall order.
Under attack from the international community for not reining in terrorist outfits, Pakistan on Thursday said that it will not allow use of its territory for terror activities."I assure you and I assure the House that I will never ever allow my soil, Pakistani soil to be used for terror activities," Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.Terming the Mumbai incident as 'unfortunate', Gilani said, "We condemn terrorism."
Can an independent director face criminal charges for the actions of a company well after he has quit?
The fact that Satyam's reputed auditors kept quiet while it cooked its books is reminiscent of the Enron-Andersen days.
Most independent directors have mastered the art of nodding whenever the chairman says anything.
BPOs can transform the face of rural India if they can retain even a small proportion of educated youth in villages.
FMCG firm Marico's success lies in its ability to pick its fights, exiting areas where MNC competition is high and concentrating on creating niche segments instead.
CEOs must answer this question from employees if change initiatives have to be successful.
Companies are developing a surrogate education system to create a skilled labour pool.
Future Group Chairman Kishore Biyani says he takes immense pride in the fact that he is a miser. As a slowdown towers over the economic landscape, Biyani says the biggest worry for retailers these days is the increasing cost of doing business, and passing on the costs to your customers is no longer a feasible solution. Biyani's company has distributed thousands of T-shirts among his employees with the inscription: Garv se kaho ham kanjoos hai (Say with pride that you are a mi
At a time when salaries continue to rise, ICICI Bank says it's important to keep economic realities in mind.
India may soon lose its slot as the world's largest talent supplier to China.
Most IPL team captains need to be told that respecting your people is not some fuzzy new-age management fad.
Studies have indicated that only one in four graduates from India's colleges are employable. This means till the time the quality of education improves, the other three will have to remain content with either door-door canvassing for savings accounts, or watching people's tea and toilet habits, or honing up their American accents in graveyard shifts.
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